So Marisa sucks again, now even more than before? I'm gonna need to update the "Zun hates" thread...
I don't know why you conclude that, laser-marissa seems better now than ever before imo... Kinda sucks that christmas tree marissa got replaced with..with..uhh.. useless spread with weaker bomb marissa though.
Some buffs laser marissa got imo
1: Bomb seems stronger than before. Before it was known for being able to "pretty much" own an enemy spellcard....now it owns an enemy spellcard.
2: the lasers never turn off, so you got consistent damage the whole time
3: the lasers are more compact in focus mode now than ever before, so they wont be shooting too wide to hit bosses, or beefier targets
4: while it's still considered weaker than most shot types, it really doesn't seem to be noticeably weaker. I mean 12 seconds compared to 13 seconds or whatever is pretty minute. Not like 20 to 30 or whatever it would be in older Touhous
5: piercing is more useful now than ever before imo due to the ufo system. I have a hard time shooting them down in time when the playfield is crowded with other characters.
Even if you feel Marissa is not up to par with the other characters, I *REALLY* don't see how you can think she's worse now than before *boggle*.